Creating emotional arcs with weapon progression in Uncharted

I haven’t played the first Uncharted game until I got the Nathan Drake Collection in preparation for Uncharted 4’s release.

In this particular post, though, I want to explore how weapon progression can play a big role in providing a certain emotional experience, on the example of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.

There are many tools we can use to create emotional arcs for the player, as well as the character(s) of the game.